International Symposium on Pertussis: Evaluation and Research on Acellular Pertussis Vaccines
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International Symposium on Pertussis: Evaluation and Research on Acellular Pertussis Vaccines
(Developments in biological standardization, v. 73)
Karger, c1991
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Pertussis: Evaluation and Research on Acellular Pertussis Vaccines
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Although systematic vaccination with whole cell pertussis vaccines has greatly contributed to controlling the disease, the reactions observed in children after vaccination have become an increasingly serious problem. The demand for a safer and more effective vaccine against whooping cough led to the development of a novel acellular vaccine in Japan in 1980 and subsequently to other types of non-reactive vaccine products. This publication reviews the results of the laboratory and clinical studies of acellular pertussis vaccines currently under trial. It also evaluates what needs to be done to resolve the uncertainties that still hamper the licensure of acellular vaccines outside Japan.
Table of Contents
- Clinical studies on efficacy
- molecular biology and genetics of B. pertussis
- pertussis antigen and antibody
- biological standardization for acellular pertussis vaccines - a general discussion
- pertussis assay and detection systems
- production and properties of pertussis vaccines
- clinical trial on human response
- epidemiology.
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